Barrel-lock.



A. C. WRIGHT. BARREL LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1910.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

UNITED sra'rns PATENT orrron.

ARTHUR CREED WRIGHT, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE HOPKINS &

ALLEN ARMS COMPANY, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

BARREL-LOCK.

Original application filed. January 25, 1909, Serial No. 473,953.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 569,024.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. lVRIGi-IT, citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Barrel-Lock, of which the following is a specification.

This is a division of my application for patent for fire-arm, filed January 25, 1909, Serial No. 473,953.

This invention relates to improvements in fire-arms and particularly relates to the production of a breech -loading firearm which has improved parts adding to the ease of manipulation, which is easy of manufacture, and which can be readily assembled and put together.

The improvement relates to a special construction of top lever for operating the bolt which looks the barrel in operative position to the frame, which construction is so arranged that the lock or bolt can be operated by swinging the lever in either direction. This is applicable to either single barrel or double barrel shot guns or to multiple barrel guns which have two shot barrels and a rifle barrel attached underneath.

For the purposes of illustration, I have shown the improvements applied to a single barrel shot gun.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 is a partial side elevation and partial central sectional elevation with the gun open, Fig. 2 is a partial plan view showing the construction of the front end of the frame, and Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion thereof.

The improved points of construction will be best understood by a detailed description of the mechanism.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the frame which carries the operating parts and secured to the rear of which is the stock B. The front or forwardly projecting part of the frame is slotted as at C and secured in the two walls thus formed is the pivot pin 10.

D designates the barrel which has the usual depending lug 11 which fits in the slot C and the front face of which is grooved or cut away to engage the pivot pin 10.

E designates the forearm which is detachably secured to the barrel in any desired way and the rear face of which is formed of metal shaped to engage the front end of the frame. A follower 23 engages the hammer 20 and the same has a rearwardly projecting shaft 24 on which is arranged a spiral spring 25 which thus forms the hammer operating spring.

The construction of the top lever and operating connections therefrom will now be described. A lock or bolt 27 is pivoted in the frame and is arranged to engage the usual notch 28 cut in the rear of the lug 11 depending from the barrel D. The top lever 29 is pivoted on a screw 30 which is threaded into a slide 31 fitted in slots cut inside of the frame. The top lever 29 is provided with laterally extending arms 32-32 on each side of the pivot screw 30 and the front end of the lever is cut away on a circle around the pivot screw 30. The upper part of the frame is cut away on a circle so that the front part of the top lever fits snugly therein and so that the arms 32-32 engage faces or projections 3333 on the frame. By this arrangement, when the top lever is moved either side of its central position, one or the other of the arms 32 will push on its face 33 and draw the pivot screw 30 to the rear and swing the lock. Thus the lever can be operated by pushing either to the right or the left. This makes the gun particularly adapted to either a right-handed or left-handed user.

The slide 31 is normally pushed forward by a spring 34 which is fitted on a small pin or shaft 35 extending to the rear from the slide and the rear of which spring is held by a cut-away screw 36 secured in the frame. The slide is connected to the oscillating looking bolt by means of connecting rods 37, the ends of which engage pins 38 and 39 inserted respectively in the slide 31 and the oscillating locking bolt 27. By moving the top lever either to the right or the left the bolt 27 is unlocked to allow the barrel to be rocked or turned up for recharging. The spring 34 normally forces the bolt 27 forward to engage the barrel lug 11 so that the barrel can be snapped back to operative position.

The details and arrangements herein shown and described may be varied by a skilled mechanic without departing from the scope of my invention as expressed in the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is 1. In a firearm, the combination with the frame, barrel, and pivoted barrel lock, of a slide guided in the frame to reciprocate, means for reciprocating the slide, a pair of rods pivotally connected with said slide near the rear end thereof and extending forward and downwardly therefrom, and pivotally connected near the free end ofv the barrel lock.

2. In a firearm, the combination with the frame, barrel, and pivoted barrel lock, of a longitudinally movable slide, the frame having guides therefor, a top lever for operating the slide, means for connecting the slide with the barrel look, a screw at the rear of the slide having a cut-away face toward the slide, and a spring having one end resting in the cut-away face and the other resting against the end of the slide.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR CREED WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

MALCOLM D. MOKEAG, WILLIAM S. ELLIOTT.

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